New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-02-02

Palmer and Landwellr' sawmills are.
in running order. They only charge
$5 per thousand feet for saving lumber
j. Rohner hauled load Of ice for
JOS. Schmucker lately which consisted
of five blocks, each 80 inches thick
The combined weight of the 5 blocks
was 341O pounds.
The teachers institute announced to
take place in New Ulm April rs will be
held in Springfield on that day. So
says Sup't Velikanje.
Sheriff Schmid, Treasurer Bobleter
and R. Kiesling were bounced by the
Pioneer Press Club Saturday They
say that Kiesling went up fifty feet,
Bobleter, who is little heavier only
went up forty, while John Schmidt
stopped when he got up to ten feet.
They could not elevate e. Schnobrich.
At the citizens meeting held in Union
Hall Tuesday evening called to discuss
the advisability Of starting Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. Messrs. A. A. Be-
gen, E. G. PAIL, H. Schapekahm, John
Neuman, Jos. A. Eckstein and H. Han
schen were appointed a committee to
investigate as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
starting such a company. The COM
mittee is to report at a future meeting
to be called for the purpose of hearing
their report.
Mayor Weschcke has received a
draft of $77.81 from Mr. O.tMerriman,
Treasurer of the Sank Rapids relief
fund. This being the percentage of
surplus due to the city and contributors.
Of this amount $4,000 goes to the city
treasury. and the remainder will be re-
turned to subscribers to the fund pro-
rata. Subscribers to the relief fund
are requested to call on Mayor Wesch-
cke for their share of the returned sub.
scription before March 1. 1887.
Company AS masked ball at Union
Hall was quite we'll attended and prov.
ed success, both socially and financial
ly. There were a number of fine masks
present. The majority of masks depict
ed the comic side of life and any num-
Der of greeny' S, clowns, harlequiens, ETC.,
were present. Had the weather been
favorable the ball would have been
crowded, but as it was farmers could
not come to town and the town people
divided themselves between the two
halls. Still the boys are satisfied. They
will probably give another entertain
ment in the near future when the wea-
Their clerk will be asked for at least a
reasonable temperature.
Mr.. j. Hottlnger is in trouble. He
has two good schemes for booming the
town, but as he has not much spare
time only one of them can be operated
successfully and he does not know
which one to drop. He has accordingly
unbosomed himself to REVIEW report.
er, who has in turn.. referred the ques-
ton to the managing editor. Mr.. Hot
fingers schemes are I. to utilize the
stock of ice harvested by Mr.. Herian
for the building of an ice-castle in the
Wiesenthal. I'd to convert the steam es-
Gaping from the Eagle Mills into a hot
springs for the cure of rheumatic and
other diseases. We were at first in
clined to recommend No. l, but since
we have learned of the large number of
persons who were roped in by the great
medicine man from Berlin we recon-
mend No. 2 for favorable action.
R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly trade review
says of the condition of trade: '.The
strength of the markets is note
worthy in view of the labor troubles,
which have affected the weeks business
more than many realize. The strikes
of the coal handlers and longshoremen
affect not only the coal trade but the ex-
ports OF grain, provisions and cotton.
The Massachusetts movement for s.free
Shops" having nearly stopped boot and
shoe manufacturing in important local
tiles, affects that business and the
leather trade. Actual and threatened
strikes of carpet weavers affect the wool
trade. Speculation has Jagged. Wheat,
after advancing to "a cents, weakened
because exports were checked, and
closed as a week ago, with corn shade
lower and oats a shade higher. Cotton,
coffee, sugar and pork products are un-
changed, oil a cent lower and cattle a
little lower Receipts Of Texas meat in
London call attention to the growing
dressed meat traffic. In 1883 the ship
ments of cattle to New York and New